Dustpan



April 7, 1925. 1,532,191

W. H. NICHOLAS nus'rnu Filed March 24. 1924 Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1 1,532,197 PATENT OFFICE.

WILBUR H. NICHOLAS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

DUSTPAN.

Application filed March 24, 1924. Serial No. 701,362.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILBUR H. NIoHoLAs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Dustpans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a. durable, eflicient andinexpensively constructed dust pan with a long handle such that the pancan be manipulated on a floor by a person without stooping down.

Another object is to provide means for adjusting the angle of the handlewith relation to the pan, and for clamping it at a given angularposition in use, or for suspension from a nail against the wall wherethe pan may serve as a receptacle for a dust cloth or for other articleswhen the pan is not in use. p

A further object is to provide resilient means for holding the frontedge of the pan in contact with the fioorby foot pressure of the user,to keep sweepings from going under the pan; and an additional object isto easily dismember the parts for compact nesting of the pan, forstorage and shipment.

I accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear,by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 isthe flat sheet from which the pan is formed. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the pan as formed from said flat sheet. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the pan with handle and other members in complete assembly. Fig. 4 isa verticalcentral section of the" assembly shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the handle rod. 6 is a perspective view o't themetal strap reenioreing member, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of thebolt and nut.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views ofthe drawing.

In the metal sheet 8, Fig. 1, the triangular portions outside of thedotted lines a b, are bent up at an acute angle on said lines a?), andthe triangular members are curved in the manner shown to lap an edge b@of one under the corresponding edge of the other. The edge bb, and thetwo edges b-c, are bent outwardly on the adjacent dotted lines tostiffen. said edges.

A slot is punched through the metal at aa for the passage of a metalstrap 9, preferably of steel. A tongue 10, is formed in the adjacentmargin by cuts 11, '11, and this tongue is bent upon the lapped edgesb-c to hold them in their lapped relation to each other. A hole 12, ispunched near the outer end of eachedge b-c, such that the two holesregister with each other when the edges are brought together in. saidlapped relation.

A handle 13, is a heavy wire or rod 01'' metal with a laterally disposedcoil 14., of

several turns near one end, the extreme end portion extendingtangentially to form a stopfinger 15. A loop 16, at the other end of thehandle 13, affords 'a hand hold when the pan is used, and as a loop tohang the pan by when it is not in use as a dust pan.

The metal strap 9, has that part which is passed out through the slotaa, bent to form a foot 17, and a U-shaped loop is formed on theopposite upper end of the strap of a size and shape to receive the coil14 with a close fit. The. metal strap 9, has a round bolt hole 18 andalso a square hole'lQ in its adjacent bent member, to re ceive a bolt20. The squared hole 19 re ceives a usual squared portion of the boltnextthe bolt head, and a' wing nut 21 is screwed on the threaded end ofthe bolt.

The complete assembly is shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, wherein it is observedthat the bolt 20 passes through the two holes in the strap and alsothrough the two holes 12, of the pan, and the nut 21 holds the assembly.It will also be apparent that by screwing down' the nut the members ofthe U-bend in the strap are brought closer together, thereby forming aclamp which will more or less tightly grip the coil 141:. By tighteningthis construction which. constitutes a clamp, the coil may be held atany angular position of the handle 13 relative to the pan, except whencontact 01 the linger 15 with the pan limits the adjustment. Also, byrunning the wing nut oil and then removing its bolt, the strap and thehandle are readily removable from the pan and each from the other. as isdone for convenience in storage and shipments. The pointed end of onepan may be inserted into the neXt pan for nesting compactly on suchoccasions.

Having thus fully described the best form of my invention now known tome, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A dust pan formed out of a rectangular metal sheet having twoopposite corners on a long side of the sheet bent in the same directionat angles on lines extending from opposite corners of the sheetapproximately to the middle of the edge between the two corners, saidcorners being curved toward each other until their edges lap, tongue atthe convergence of the angular bends ot' the corners bent upon theadjacent laps of the corners to aid in looking them in their lappedrelation, a handle having an eXten sion, and means for securing thehandle to the pan comprising a strap attached to the pan having meanscooperating with the handleextension, a belt which passes through thelapped portions near the upper edges of the bent corners and securingihehandle extension to the strap means.

2. A sheet metal dust pan having a bottom and a rear wall with a slotthrough the bottom near the wall and bolt holes through the wall nearits upper edge, a metal. strap passing through the slot and projcctinoutside of the pan and tern'linating at its up per end with a U-shapedloop, a handle having a lateral extension fitting in the loop of thestrap, a bolt passing through the two stems ol' the loop and throughthewall of the pan, and a nut on the bolt to regulate the tension of theloop on the handle extension to frictionally hold a given posi tion ofthe handle.

A sheet metal dust pan having a bottom and a rear wall, said bottomhaving a slot near the wall and said wall having upper edge bolt holes,a metal strap contacting the inner wall from the bolt holes to the slotand passing out through the slot and projecting therebeyond, said straphaving a U-shaped loop atits upper end, a handle rod having a lateralcylindrical projection formed by a series'of coils of the rod, saidcoils terminating in a finger and said cylindrical coils fitting in theU-shaped loop of the strap, a bolt passing through the bolt holes in thepan and through both arms of the loop, and a nut on the bolt to clampthe strap to the wall of the pan, and the loop to the cylinder of thehandle.

l. In a dust pan, a pan-body member, a spring-bar normally holding therear of the pan away from the floor, an end of the bar being bent toform a spring-opening clamp, a handle having a spring-coil entering theclamp to attach the handle to the pan, said coil having a stop tocontact the pan, and means for closing the clamp on the coil.

5. The combination, with a dust-pan, of a spring-strap rigidly attachedto the pan and extending rearwardly of the pan into contact with thefloor and normally elevating the rear end of the pan, said strap beingadapted to be pressed downwardly by the foot of the user to force thefront edge of the pan into contact with' the floor, said bar having aloop at its upper end, a handle having a member enteringthe loop to forma hinge attachment between the bar and handle, and means for clampingthe loop to the hinge attachment of the handle to retain any givenangular relation between the handle and loop.

Signed at Indianapolis, Indiana, this the 21st day 01 March, 192d.

\VILBUR H. NICHOLAS.

